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Did I mention it was weird?

What I don't understand is why so many reviews have been ambiguous about the movie. They give back-handed compliments like "Matrix fans will find everything they want", or "Too much dialog but the effects were awesome..."

Flat out, Matrix reloaded sucked so bad that if I hadn't been in the middle of aisle I would have bolted. The Burly Brawl was as pointless as it comes. Once Neo knows that Agent Smith can replicate as much as he wants, what does Neo do? He sticks around and tries to fight it out! And then he finally abandons the fight by flying away - WTF? Why did he stick around so long?

In the first movie all Agents were treated with great respect. Didn't they say that nobody had ever escaped from an agent alive before Neo did? In reloaded the agents are treated as mere annoying gnats that are setup for more wire-work kung fu.

And what dialog! "You do not truly know someone until you fight them." What a clunker.

MR is just a very long, very trite advertisement for the video game. There is no philosophical depth - that is complete BS. The movie is clearly aimed at the 11-14 year old male, white demographic. If you don't fit that demographic it is a compete waste of money.

And what dialog! "You do not truly know someone until you fight them." What a clunker.

How 'bout this one: When Neo brings Trinity back to life he burps out,

"...because I love you so damn much."

That was a puker of a clunker. That's not even chick-flick material...it was as bad as they come. Eeew.

Best Regards,

I can't really disagree with your take. It was good enough with the special effects for me to sit through it, but I kept waiting for the story to get better. It simply does not have the magic that the first one had.

In fairness though, I think "reloaded" is nothing but a bridge between the first part and the final part. If, and that's a big if, the final part is good it could rectifiy some of the problems in "reloaded" when looked at as a whole. I hope, but I doubt it.

Scenes that either don't make sense or should have been better:

the big "Smith" fight scene, as Clamboat pointed out, and there are other things with Smith that don't make sense.

the scene with the "oracle"

the scene in the restaurant with that "mega" dude (whatever his name was) and the kiss scene with "Persphine."

And the orgy in Zion, what's up with that?

JWinNC